TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of high resolution pQCT analysis for the assessment of a bone lesion
T2 - A technical note
AU - Rubinacci, A.
AU - Tresoldi, D.
AU - Villa, I.
AU - Rizzo, G.
AU - Gaudio, D.
AU - De Angelis, D.
AU - Gibelli, D.
AU - Cattaneo, C.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) has found new fields of application in bone medicine, but none of them concerns the forensic practice. This study exposes the potential of pQCT applied to a penetrating lesion in a vertebral body. A pQCT scanner was used for the measurements (XCT Research SA+; Stratec Medizintechnik GmbH, Pforzheim, Germany). A more precise reconstruction of the path of the lesion within the trabecular bone was reached, with more details concerning the morphological characteristics of the lesion inside the vertebral body, and the elaboration of a 3D model was created, which allowed the operator to define the volume of the lack of tissues related to the lesion. The application of pQCT scan proved to be a potentially useful tool for the assessment of bone lesions, although further studies are needed in order to verify its applicability to forensic context.
AB - Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) has found new fields of application in bone medicine, but none of them concerns the forensic practice. This study exposes the potential of pQCT applied to a penetrating lesion in a vertebral body. A pQCT scanner was used for the measurements (XCT Research SA+; Stratec Medizintechnik GmbH, Pforzheim, Germany). A more precise reconstruction of the path of the lesion within the trabecular bone was reached, with more details concerning the morphological characteristics of the lesion inside the vertebral body, and the elaboration of a 3D model was created, which allowed the operator to define the volume of the lack of tissues related to the lesion. The application of pQCT scan proved to be a potentially useful tool for the assessment of bone lesions, although further studies are needed in order to verify its applicability to forensic context.
KW - Bone lesion
KW - Forensic anthropology
KW - PQCT
KW - Sharp force
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U2 - 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.09.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 25258096
AN - SCOPUS:84919326934
SN - 1344-6223
VL - 17
SP - 60
EP - 64
JO - Legal Medicine
JF - Legal Medicine
IS - 1
ER -